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Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny.
But a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes.
On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. There’s also Smith, Shara’s longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad boy neighbor with a crush. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Shara’s trail of clues and find her. It’ll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair-and-square.
Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. And maybe—probably not, but maybe—more to Shara, too.
Fierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places.
Jorge Jacobson @logan99_763
June 30, 2022
5
Oh my god, I loved this so much! I can’t believe I’m saying this, but maybe better than RW&RB, which I’ve read 5 times and have the audiobook on perennial repeat. This so perfectly captures those crazy last months of high school or college, when your life very suddenly becomes all about these random people you’ve never talked to before. Great world building, excellent character development, and a plot that drives everything forward at a frantic pace. It’s marketed as YA, but I’m 45 and adored this. So don’t let age be a factor when considering whether or not to give it a shot; I’d recommend for YA through adult.